A look at a High Market Cap Stock: The Coca-Cola Company, KO

The Coca-Cola Company, KO is in the exchange NYSE and its industry is Beverages – Soft Drinks in the sector of Consumer Goods. Based in USA, The Coca-Cola Company, KO has a market cap of 177478.31. Since its IPO date on the 1/2/1962, The Coca-Cola Company, KO performance year to date is -1.10%. Today The Coca-Cola Company, KO has gained -0.46%, with a current price of 40.96.

Ownership of the company is 0.69% for insider ownership while institutional ownership is 64.30%. The management of the company have seen the company have a payout ratio of 82.70%. Return of assets are at 7.80%, with return on investment at 9.30%.

In terms of debt levels and profit levels, The Coca-Cola Company, KO is seeing a long-term debt/equity of 1.21. While Total debt/equity is 1.81. With a profit margin of 17.00%, this is combined with a gross margin of 60.60%, and operating margin of 20.70%. The Coca-Cola Company ability to meet debt levels, with a current ratio of 1.4, while the quick ratio is 1.3.

For the last year The Coca-Cola Company, KO has seen a EPS growth of 4.60%. A performance for the year of -0.31%. The 52-week high is -10.96%, and the 52-week low is 3.78%. The average volume for The Coca-Cola Company, KO is 3784975.

With a target price of 46.72, can The Coca-Cola Company, KO reach this target? Looking at the value indicators of The Coca-Cola Company, KO. The Coca-Cola Company has a P/E of 24.97 and a forward P/E of 20.67. Perhaps the more useful indicator than P/E, is PEG which has a value of 13.56. The Coca-Cola Company also has a P/S and a P/B of 4.18 and 6.81 respectively. For P/cash, The Coca-Cola Company has a value of 6.94, while it is 90.5 for P/free cash flow.

At the current price of 40.96, The Coca-Cola Company has a dividend yield of 3.40%. We see a return on equity of 28.00%.

Looking more long-term The Coca-Cola Company, is projected to get an EPS growth for the next five years of 1.84%. In the short-term an EPS growth of 4.19% in the next year is forecasted. This is after a EPS growth of 4.60% for this year and for the last five years a -8.00% growth has been seen.

Disclaimer: Remember there is a risk to your investment, this is not a recommendation, nor personal advice, never invest more than you are able too loose.